Fans of electronic sports can look forward to a special feature. The popular cartoon series “The Simpsons” has collaborated with the developers of League of Legends, Riot, on a special episode.
What is the episode about? It is about a new episode from the now 30th season of The Simpsons. This is set to air tomorrow, Sunday, March 17, in the USA.
The episode will be titled “E My Sports” in the original, a nod to Bart’s famous saying “eat my shorts.” A date for the premiere in Germany is still pending.
This is what the episode is about: After The Simpsons have already ventured into MMORPGs, it is now about E-sports. In the episode “E My Sports,” Bart becomes a pro-gamer. He plays with several of his classmates a game called “Conflict of Enemies.” Conflict of Enemies appears to be some sort of MOBA.
What Conflict of Enemies looks like has already been shown by producer Al Jean in a tweet. The visuals are reminiscent of MOBA giants like League of Legends or Dota 2. We have included the tweet below for you.
As a coach, it seems that his father Homer is acting. Bart even plays at home on his computer, accurately portrayed with nice equipment and a mustache. (Title image. Image source: Kotaku)
This is the purpose of the collaboration: Simpsons producer FOX has partnered with LoL creator Riot for the production of the episode. The goal was to portray video games as authentically as possible.
Also, e-sports expert Rod Breslau, who often comments on e-sports related topics, has responded. He tweeted about the episode:
Riot Games Esports consulted with the writers of The Simpsons for an accurate depiction of video games in the episode. Bart will be a “one trick” who loses his lane, freaks out, feeds, trolls, and then griefs his teammates.
How Bart will perform as a pro-gamer and how well the episode actually represents the events in e-sports remains to be seen.
Are you looking forward to the episode?
If you want to experience what it is like to be a pro-gamer yourself, you have the chance to do so:
